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¹Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA.

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A new heterogeneous solvation model improves quantum chemical calculations. This conductorlike screening model accounts for protein burial effects, impacting reduction potentials and molecular geometry optimization in complex systems like rusticyanin.

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Area of Science:

Computational chemistry
Quantum mechanics
Biophysical chemistry

Background:

Solvation models are crucial for accurately predicting molecular properties in solution.
Continuum solvation models simplify complex solvent environments.
Heterogeneous solvation models are needed to capture localized dielectric effects.

Purpose of the Study:

To implement a heterogeneous conductorlike solvation model for quantum chemical methods.
To derive analytic energy gradients for geometry optimization and molecular dynamics.
To assess the impact of protein burial on the reduction potential of the type-1 Cu center in rusticyanin.

Main Methods:

Implementation of a heterogeneous conductorlike screening model/conductorlike polarizable continuum model.
Variational treatment for the heterogeneous solvation operator.
Fixed Points with Variable Areas surface tessellation scheme for cavity definition.
Hartree-Fock and Kohn-Sham quantum chemical methods.

Main Results:

Analytic energy gradients were derived and implemented.
Continuous and smooth potential energy surfaces were obtained.
Desolvation effects due to protein burial were estimated to increase reduction potential by ~200 mV.
Inclusion of heterogeneity in geometry optimization affected results by ~2 kcal/mol or ~70 mV.

Conclusions:

The heterogeneous solvation model provides accurate analytic gradients for quantum chemical calculations.
Protein burial significantly influences the reduction potential of metalloproteins.
The model is applicable to realistic biomolecular systems.